New sewage treatment technology being tested, says Dr M

LANGKAWI (Bernama): Sewage treatment plants in the country are expected to adopt a new form of technology that is far more efficient, cleaner and cheaper if a pilot project to treat waste water now being implemented in Langkawi proves effective.

Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the "Advanced Moving Bed Bio-Reactor" (AMBBR) technology now being tested at the sewage treatment plant in Pantai Tengah will undergo trials for two years before being introduced in other plants.